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Dr Michel Plaisent is a full professor in the Business School of University of Québec in Montréal. After his M.Sc. in project management and his Ph.D. in Information Technology Management, he joined the University of Québec in Montréal in 1980 where he held different position while developing his research career as professor, namely IT program director for 6 years.

His doctoral research was pioneer as he studied the use of computer mediated communication systems by CEO. Since then, Dr. Plaisent's researches continue to focus human factors of IT, namely cognitive ergonomics, learning problems and personal productivity tools for managers. Among his main research is the use of social media by Canadian charities to create and maintain a community of practice in the philanthropy sector.

He has published more than 25 books and have publish more than hundreds of articles in academic journals and international conferences. On International dimension, he is engaged in China MBA program and he manages a MOU with Cebu Normal University and soon Cebu Technological University.

1) Development and Management of MOU with
Thailand: Kasetsart University (2009-now)
Philippines: Cebu Normal university (2014-now)
Philippines:Cebut Technological University (in progress)
2)Creation, development and funding of ONE WORLD RESEARCH GROUP (Thailand, Vietnam, Ecuador, Canada, France,Tunisia)
3) PHILANTHROPIE-QUEBEC: president (volunteer, 2013-now)

Bernard, P., Au, P. K., Plaisent, M. et Chiang, J.M.-H. (2014). How Party Politics and Media Communication Affect Election Results in Hong Kong : Forecasting Party Strategies in the 2015 District Council and 2016 Legislative Council Elections. International Journal of Political Science and Development, 2(6), 117–131. Récupéré de http://www.academicresearchjournals.org/IJPSD/Abstract/2014/June/Bernard%20et%20al..htm.Notes: Academic Research Journals

Japhet Keyou, M., Bernard, P. et Plaisent, M. (2009). Why East and South East Asian countries have received more foreign direct investment than African countries? International Journal of Global Business, 2(2). Récupéré de http://gsmi-ijgb.com/Volumn2No2Dec2009.aspx.

Plaisent, M., Maguiraga, L., Bernard, P., Favreau, S. et Mercier, D. (2012). Community of Practice Mediated by Internet : The Case of Philanthropy-Quebec. Dans Proceedings of the second international conference on Digital information and Communication Technology and its Application (DICTAP 2012), University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce(UTCC), Bangkok Thaiïande, 16-18 mai. Récupéré de http://www.sdiwc.net/thi/.

Plaisent, M., Mangour, W. et Bernard, P. (2008). Measuring the Internationalization of a Business School : A First Step. The 2nd International colloquium on Business & Management. Bangkok Palace Hotel, Thailand.Notes: (ICBM 2008), In conjunction with the International Conference on Business and Management Education (ICBME 2008),